THE BUSH LAWYER.
Captain Sir G. 11. Willuns, in "Nature —anrl Man—in Australia" (London: Bonn's), relates what was told to him by a station owuer who was drivhi" along a road. "He picked up a suifdowuer (swagman) in order to give him a lift. When they came to a gate the sun-downer sat tight, and the stat-ion-owner got down and opened the gate. At the next gate the sun-downer sat motionless until the station-owner said, "Here, you get down and open this gate." The swagman obeyed. He was taken to the station and given his meals and a bed for the night. In the morning, after his "tucker" bags had beeu filled he presented himself to the stat-ion-owner and demanded his cheque. "Your cheque?" he was asked. "What for?" "For opening the gate. You ordered me to open the gate, and I obeyed. That constitutes hire and service. According to our union rules, you con't sack me under a week's notice, and I want eight 'days pay." The sun-downer was a "bush lawyer" legally he was in Hie right, and he got his cheque.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1929, Page 19
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184THE BUSH LAWYER. Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1929, Page 19
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